There have been a number of comments about how Thais “hate us”. I have been coming to Thailand for over 17 years and now live here. I have a number of Thai friends but also get the feeling that some don’t want me here. My wife is Thai and lived in the US for 9 years. She had the same feeling about the US. It doesn’t matter what country you live in (if it is not not home country) this will happen.

Years ago I was in the same situation. The K-1 visa is faster but was only good for 90 days. We needed to get married before it expired. If we got married in Thailand we were told we would need to apply for an immigrant visa for my wife. In other words apply for PR which takes longer.